Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-03-04
of the great benefit he had observed.

Rev. E. M. McCorkle of Clifton Forge
expressed the need of an Association a.
Clifton Forge.
| CAUSES OF FAILURE.
! FL. M. Clarke of Richmond made an in
| terestlng talk on the causes of failure o.
Association work. One great cause ht
| said was the lack of General Secretary.
! THE QUESTION DRAWER.
| One of the most interesting features Of
] the session was the Question drawer, ,
which was conducted in an ininitabIe
| manner by M. B. Williams of Georgia. II
would be impossible to describe the man
ner of the conductor, the instantaneous
and clear replies he gave to the most
puZzling questions, and the off-hand way
in which he disposed of questions which
T, had nothing in them. The question:
which numbered scores we're written by
the audience aad handed up to him by
two tellers. AS an example, ques'
ton was handed in, ''Is 1t best to have
boys in an Association ?" The conduc
tor, with dry short go Slow" dropped
it into the waste basket.
woMEN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
UNION.
A friendly communication from the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
was received and put on file, and com.
mittee appointed to make suitable ac-
acknowledgement of its reception.
ASSOCIATION BUILDINGS
was the topic Saturday night at the meet
ing at the NJ Methodist church. In the dis
cusson it was stated that in Brooklyn,
N. Y, one man, Frederick Marquand haG
given $3.50 900 to building on the condi-
tion that Brooklyn should raise $150,000
to endow it.
Mr.. Dadmun impressed the Importance
of an Association building. After its
erection. the people come to the con-
clusion that the Association is fixed fact
and has come to stay. And the impress
sion made on the business community is
that we are doing good work for the bod
les. minds and souls of young men.
Mr.. Clarke said no one thing had helped
the Richmond Association more than its
new building. "You have, "he said, "the
active assistance of the business men in
Staunton, and they are the men to put
up the building and the ladies are to furn-
ish it, and not club house in the city is
to be so attractive" The chief aim of all
Christ
Mr.. Lickl1der of Lynchburg, said his
Association had moved twice, and the
third time into its own building Since
the last move, the membership had increas-
ed 125 per cent. and the attendance had
increased from go and 100 to 275 and 400.
The entire community there was interes-
ted. One $40 subscriber to the Associa-
tion. gave 500 to the building, and when
the building was completed gave 5000
MORE Stanton should have no difficulty
in putting up a building. Selma, Ala,
no larger than Stanton had erected a
SEC, 900 building exclusive of the lot. In
Staunton $4,000 building can be put up
THE CLOSING DAY.
Sunday was busy day for everybody
interested. There was ''Consecration
Meeting" at the Y. M. G. A. room, led by
E. T. Dadmun of Norfolk; services at the
Staunton Baptist church conducted by M.
B. Williams and r. A. Bowman; Ladies'
meeting at the Methodist church. at 4 P.
M, led by T. A. Harding; Boys meet
ing at the Lutheran church, at p. M.
led by J. McLain Brown; the Workers
Training Class in the morning at the
Second and at P. M. at the First Pres
byterian church, led by H. M. Clarke, and
a meeting for men only at the First
M. B. Williams. At the last named latter
the chairman had asked all Christians in
the congregation to bow in silent prayer,
be called upon all the unconyerted who
wished to be prayed for. to rise. Some
| twenty five arose to their feet. Then
those who had unconverted friends they
wished prayed for were called for and
rose. This was followed by an Enquiry
meeting" In his talk to "men only" Mr..
Williams gave plain. thorough, search
ing talk regarding the temptations and
vices of life.
THE FAREWELL MEETING-vIEWs OF
THE CLERGY, THE SECRETARIES,
THE DELEGATES, AND THE COM
MUNITY ABOUT THE CON.
YElTION.
The farewell meeting at the First Pres
byterian church, Sunday night, crowded
that building to its utmost capacity com
polling the filling of the aisles with chairs
The services were opened with prayer by
Rev. DR.. McBryde Of lexington, ant
Mr.. FL. D. Peck of the Staunton Associa-
ton, and were then conducted by STATE
Secretary FL. o. Williams. Messrs. Dad.
nun of Norfolk, Licklider of Lynchburg
Williams of Georgia, Harding of Wash
ton City, Armand Miller of Roanoke Col.
lege, and Clarke of Richmond, made in
teresting talks on Association work, afte
which Mr.. II. o. Williams called upor
such of
| THE CLERGY
as were present, to give their views about
the convention just closing.
DIR. Mcfarland of the First Presbyterian
church, spoke earnestly Of the good worl
of the Association and hoped to see tn
convention back in Stanton again.
Rev. W. H. Settlemyer of the LuJhera
church, said the impressions of the Asso
citation through its convention had bee
most favorable, and that he himself fel
quickened in his own pastoral work b
seeing the earnestness of these young men
DIR. Halves of the Second Presbyterian
church, said he did not know that in a.
his life he had been SO interested as o
this convention. 1t had done the churc
good and the city good, and many prayer